T5: Present/Past Participle after “be” and Base Form Verbs after Modals

Present/Past Participle after “be” 1. Your decision can be very disappointing.  2. He was going to the opera last night. 3. She has been reading an article the whole night. 4. You are reading an article. 5. English was not interesting when I was in high school. 6. This is very tiring.  7. Where is the most wanted terrorist hiding ? 8.  I  shall have been going to Jakarta next week. 9. They  will be going to Bandung next week. 10. Ardan has finished his study at a university.  11. Your future in this company is not very promising.  12. People will be very upset because the government...

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T4: Agreement after Certain Words and Past Participle after “have”

Agreement After Certain Words 1.      I am sure that every detail has been considered.  2.  Everybody knows the rules, but somebody is not following them. 3.      Someone have to clean up the house. 4.      Each plant in the garden appears healthy and strong. 5.   Anybody who goes to the top of the Empire State Building is impressed with the view. 6.  The company reiterated to reports that nobody have been dismissed because of the incident. 7.      You should understand that anything is possible 8.      Everything in...

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Agreement after Prepositional Phrases and Expressions of Quantity

Agreement After Prepositional Phrase 1.     The servers in this restaurant always does their job efficiently 2.  The meeting of the members of the council begins at 3:00 in the afternoon. 3.      The players on the winning team in the competition were very talented. 4.      The food for the guests at the party is on the long tables. 5.  The sign on the board is not so clear 6.      The cost of the clothes was higher than I had expected 7.      The rugs in the front rooms of the house are going to be washed today. 8.      The...

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